The United Nations Security Council has condemned an attack on peacekeepers trying to stop “unauthorised construction” in the UN-controlled buffer zone on the ethnically split island of Cyprus. On Friday, Turkish Cypriot security forces attacked members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in the buffer zone between the Greek Cypriot south and the […]
Singapore will hold polls for the presidential election on Sept. 1, Returning Officer Tan Meng Dui made the announcement on Tuesday after three candidates filed nomination documents. Senior investor Ng Kok Song, former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tan Kin Lian, former income chief of the National Trades Union Congress, were nominated for the presidency […]
A regional court in Germany has dismissed a woman’s lawsuit over health issues that she claimed were side effects of the coronavirus vaccine that was given to her. The woman had demanded compensation for pain and suffering she claimed were caused by a vaccine. The regional court in Mainz, located in western Germany, dismissed […]
North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has overseen the launch of strategic cruise missiles as part of a drill, state-controlled media reported on Monday. Kim watched seamen staging the drill during a visit to a naval unit of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The launches from patrol […]
The Russian army said it had repelled another Ukrainian drone attack on the capital Moscow on Monday morning. The army said an airborne drone was intercepted in the west of the city over the Istra District, the Defence Ministry said. “The anti-aircraft defence shot down a drone during an attempted approach to Moscow. There […]
By Abdul Hassan The National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) on Monday, dismissed media reports that it was owing 17-month salary arrears to more than 700 staffers. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Muazu Sambo, Head of Information and Protocol of the board. Sambo said that […]
By Oladapo Udom The 81 Division, Nigerian Army, has started investigation into the killing of a Lagos driver simply identified as Mr Lawal on Thursday, Aug. 17 by some persons allegedly in military uniform. The Division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, stated in Lagos on Sunday that it was carrying out the investigation in conjunction with […]
By Taiye Agbaje A former member of the House of Representatives, Robinson Uwak, on Sunday, called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its chairman, President Bola Tinubu to suspend the planned invasion of Niger Republic. Uwak, in a statement in Abuja, said there was need to sustain the diplomatic channels already […]
By Edith Nwapi A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Chief Daboikiabo Warmate, has filed a suit against , the Acting National Chairman of the party, Amb. Umar Damagum over alleged negligence to party constitution. Warmate, who is also the leader of the Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), also dragged the National Working Committee (NWC) and […]
By Kemi Akintokun The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that poorly-destroyed expired or stolen products from food manufacturers are sneaking into the markets through scavengers. The agency, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, said that such practice was […]